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Archive: July 27, 2008 - August 2, 2008

"I've been to D.C. a lot of times, but I've never been here before," Jay-Z said with a smirk as he surveyed the stately Kennedy Center Concert Hall last night. The rapper had just introduced himself to the audience at the Africa Rising Music and Fashion Festival with "Say Hello...

1. Robin Thicke, "Magic" (Leno, Thursday) The dude makes it work. He completely goes for it and his absolute commitment to being The Man on stage pays off. The dance moves, the obvious come-ons - it could be a disaster, but it's as smooth as can be. He owns his...

Sorry for the lack of content today. We're too busy hitting refresh on ESPN.com, Baseball Prospectus, Rotoworld and Jon Heyman's Trade Report Blog to read the latest on that Jason Bay/Manny Ramirez mega-deal. But we did have time to cook up up a quick MLB Trade Deadline playlist. Enjoy. "Should...

Chuck Berry, road runner. Note to Maryland State Police: If you see an old rock-legend-looking dude in a Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road - and doing so at very high speeds - please just let him go. Or else Seth Hurwitz will be angry -- and more than...

Cause I gotta have faith ... and a 20-minute intermission. The latest entry on our ever-expanding laundry list of things artists should never, ever do at a concert. 5. No intermissions. Ever. For 62 minutes last night at [Insert Telcom Company Name Here] Center, George Michael sang, swiveled his hips...

He has no idea what Ian Snell's problem is. Girl Talk is Gregg Gillis, a fine lad from Pittsburgh who can often be seen sporting a Pirates cap. (See right, go Bucs!) He's also one of the hottest names on the indie circuit thanks to his mashups that the...

We'll go easy on the words today. Rock the Bells was at Merriweather on Sunday and Kyle Gustafson (aka Information Leafblower) was there taking photos for that thing somebody dropped on your doorstep. He shot lots of great pictures, the paper can only use one ... enter the blog. So...

Virgin Mobile Festival is less than two weeks away and now we have a schedule, which you can find below. A few very quick observations: -- Bob Dylan is indeed going on right before Kanye. Sweet. -- Every band gets at least 45 minutes. (Except, mercifully, Hollywood Undead.) -- Security...